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<< Photo Competitions >> Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for May 2014

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 26 May 2015  Page Views: 3477

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Bryn Cader Faner
Bryn Cader Faner submitted by kevsy : Fantastic. I don't think I've ever seen a better site. Well worth the hour or so walk to see it and the view from it is spectacular. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Apologies for the lateness of this one. Here are the winners of the competition for the best images submitted to the Megalithic Portal in May 2014, voted for by you:
1st Prize: Bryn Cader Faner by Kevsy
2nd Prize: Er Lannic by Per E.Tandberg (43559959)
3rd Prize: Menoignon menhir by Martyn Copcutt (theCaptain)
View the photos and more Highly Commended entries below.

1st Prize: Bryn Cader Faner by Kevsy



2nd Prize: Er Lannic by Per E.Tandberg (43559959)



3rd Prize: Menoignon menhir by Martyn Copcutt (theCaptain)



Congratulations to all, as well as the kudos of having won out of all those images, you have each won an exclusive Megalithic Portal T shirt or goodies from our Online Shop. Here are some more Highly Commended images with great scores that I thought you'd like to see:

Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows by Cazzyjane



Steen van Hoegaarden by Alta-Falisa



Stonehenge by Neolithique02



Tovaru Nuraghe by Cezary Namirski (SolarMegalith)



Thanks as always to everyone who voted and entered. Just as a recap, each month all the images submitted to the Megalithic Portal have a chance to win by being voted on by you, the Megalithic Portal visitors and contributors.

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There is still time to vote on the February, March and April competitions. We will be announcing the results of the next competitions soon.

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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for May 2014 by Anonymous on Thursday, 28 May 2015
Here''s a question Andy that has always bothered me: every documentary, shockumentry, or supposeumentary, always express wonderment over how ancient people with primitive methods were able to design, organize, quarry, transport, and erect huge multi-ton stones for astronomical purposes, yet at several sites stones are missing...and unaccounted for. My question is who took them, and where are they now? Can you account for them? Thanks.

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    Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for May 2014 by Upozi on Friday, 05 June 2015
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    Hi Tom,
    Before accounting for where the stones have gone it's perhaps necessary to dispell a common predjudice. Because technology advanced slowly we tend to think of "old" people as less inteligent than ourselves. It isn't so. I once had to supervise the removal of two printing machines at least as massive and heavy as most stones. One man did it with levers, a winch and a few metal pipes as rollers. Twenty people with ropes and some tree trunks could probably manage these stones quite speedily. As for erecting them, some of the giant sculptures on Easter Island were re-erected by local villagers for Thor Heyerdahl using traditional methods and it didnt take many people or very long. You can see one being moved in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpNuh-J5IgE as for where the stones went, I suspect they were dressed and used for building.
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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for May 2014 by Anonymous on Thursday, 28 May 2015
Thanks so much for these fantastic and inspiring photos - I appreciated especially the one of Cosdon Hill which is near me but I have yet to visit - made me determined to get there. Thanks to all contibutors.
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Re: Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for May 2014 by Alta-Falisa on Wednesday, 27 May 2015
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Congratulations to all, Kevsy, 43559959, theCaptain, Cazzyjane, Neolithique02 and SolarMegalith and certainly many more of us who endeavour to capture the best images of ancient monuments of architecture.
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